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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A complex piece of music. Usually the first movement of the piece serving as the exposition - a development - or recapitulation.
System
Hymn
Sonata form
Nonet
2. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Voice
Polyphony
Etude
Exposition
3. The voice between soprano and alto. Also - in sheet music - a direction for the tempo to be played at medium speed.
Partita
Scherzo
March
Mezzo
4. A solo concert with or without accompaniment.
Duet
Partial
Recital
Tablature
5. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Interlude
Tune
Opera
Sonata form
6. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Encore
Romantic
Galliard
Piano
7. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Cantata
Reprise
Chorus
Unison
8. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Oratorio
Cavatina
Exposition
Libretto
9. A musical style characterized as excessive - ornamental - and trivial.
Timbre
Portamento
Refrain
Rococo
10. A reprise.
Octave
Recapitulation
Impromptu
Nocturne
11. A chord progression that seems to lead to resolving itself on the final chord; but does not.
Deceptive cadence
Trio
Fourth
Polytonality
12. A quick 20th century dance written in double time.
Measure
Rigaudon
Glissando
Song cycle
13. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Rigaudon
Ensemble
Cantata
14. The highest female voice.
Form
Leitmotif
Mezzo
Soprano
15. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Fermata
Round
Beat
Accessible
16. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Expressionism
Requiem
Development
Triad
17. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Sextet
Root
Notation
Energico
18. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Capriccio
Polytonality
Treble
Tablature
19. A piece of music played at the end of a recital responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the performance - shown by continuous applause.
Musette
Trill
Chamber music
Encore
20. Refers to the tuning of an instrument.
Impromptu
Encore
Medley
Temperament
21. A group of 4 instruments - two violins - a viola - and cello.
String Quartet
Octave
Deceptive cadence
Overture
22. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Trill
Mezzo
Interval
Unison
23. A glissando or portamento. Also refers to the moving part of a trombone.
Rococo
Slide
Root
Presto
24. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Staccato
Glissando
Forte
Chorus
25. A style of singing which is characterized by the easy and flowing tone of the composition.
Scale
Finale
Tablature
Cantabile
26. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Fourth
Capriccio
Trio
Fifth
27. Short detached notes - as opposed to legato.
Presto
Staccato
Part
Relative pitch
28. A dance written in triple time - where the accent falls on the first beat of each measure.
Relative pitch
Opus
Waltz
Introduction
29. A direction to play lively and fast.
Hymn
Gavotte
Allegro
Triplet
30. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Rubato
Portamento
Classicism
Triplet
31. A form of writing for vocals that is close to the manner of speech and is rhythmically free.
Recitative
Tremolo
Flat
Requiem
32. Two notes that differ in name only. The notes occupy the same position.For example: C sharp and D flat.
Opera
EnharmonicInterval
Intermezzo
Twelve-tone music
33. Primary theme or subject that is developed.
Motif
Operetta
Leading note
Courante
34. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Harmony
Overture
Sonata form
String Quartet
35. Word to indicate the movement or entire composition is to be played gracefully.
Grazioso
Tritone
Canon
Resonance
36. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Ensemble
Chorale
Tempo
Cantata
37. Unmusical - without tone.
Intonation
Flat
Musette
Tone less
38. Groups of tones that are harmonious when sounded together as in a chord.
Sonata
Pizzicato
Consonance
Homophony
39. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Tessitura
Exposition
Galliard
Root
40. A musical composition written solely to improve technique. Often performed for artistic interest.
Ostinato
Etude
Capriccio
Septet
41. An extended cantata on a sacred subject.
Minor
Virtuoso
Gregorian Chant
Oratorio
42. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Cadence
Tutti
Accessible
Introduction
43. A dirge - hymn - or musical service for the repose of the dead.
Fugue
Concerto
Requiem
Ricercar
44. A symbol used in musical notation indicating to gradually quicken tempo.
Resonance
Recitative
Accelerando
Modes
45. A repeating phrase that is played at the end of each verse in the song.
Refrain
Sonatina
Opera
Polytonality
46. The range of an instrumental or a vocal part.
Ligature
Development
Rubato
Tessitura
47. The movement of chords in succession.
Recapitulation
Rococo
Partita
Progression
48. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Rondo
Fugue
Register
Sonatina
49. The first violin in an orchestra.
String Quartet
Chorus
Courante
Concert master
50. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
Atonal
Cantabile
Harmony
Ligature
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